let's say you were in Bakirkoy, where would you go for lunch on a regular basis and why?

A couple places spring to mind:
The first is called something like Evim Ana Yemek, something like that. It's on Ebuziya Cad towards the Sahil. If you're walking from Istanbul Cad, it's on the right, kind of a greenish wood facade. Big portions and pretty cheap. Also, most days they offer a soup that isn't mercimek or ezogelin.

Another, for men or if you're accompanied by men and feeling brave, is Şato. Icky birhane with posters of 1970's pinup girls, they have fantastic chicken şiş that's huge and cheap. It's on the same side of the street as Evim, more towards Istanbul Cad. The drunks they do stare. It's a midday drunks kind of place.

Mantı Evi. About 2 blocks down from Istanbul Cad on the Sahil side, on one of the side streets off Ebuziya.

Also, if you go through the fish market towards the big mosque (towards Yenimahalle), there are all kinds of good kebab, mantı, and kofte places on the side streets-- it's worth having a wander. It's just that they're constantly changing so I'm not sure what's still there.

In fact, I haven't really lived in B.Koy for a year so I can't be sure about any of these places. But when I was there, they were my standbys for cheap and plentiful...

Afiyet olsun.

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